WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that he had never heard the name Bradley Manning before it appeared in the media. Assange made the comment in an interview with MSNBC.

Julian Assange: “If we are to believe the allegations, then this man acted for political reasons. He is a political prisoner in the United States. He has not gone to trial. He has been a political prisoner, without trial, in the United States for some six or seven months. That’s a serious business. Human rights organizations should be investigating the conditions under which he is held, and is there really due process there?”